The continuous transformation of the Urban Landscape in the American and European cities has established the foundations for a discourse that moves back and forth in the Atlantic. Through the comparative analysis of urban themes, evidence of the three dimensional urban space is revealed, creating a new kind of relationships; spatial patterns and forms. Two case studies, deceptively different in organization, are chosen to analyze the metropolitan city as the understanding of the entire urban area can never been seen and examined. The street, an arena of social expression operating in multiple...